Gilmore Girls: 5 best episodes to watch on Mother’s Day
By Mads Lennon
2. Season 4, Episode 2 – “The Lorelais’ First Day at Yale”
If you and your mom have a close bond and you’ve ever gone to college or moved away from her, then you probably know how hard it can be to go your separate ways. Well, who knows that better than the Gilmore girls?
Rory has a harder time saying good-bye to Lorelai than she anticipated when they get to Yale. After moving her in, Lorelai comes up with an excuse to buy her more stuff and come back, but then when she does leave, Rory doesn’t last long before picking up the phone and begging her mom to come back.
Lorelai ends up staying the night with her, and they order takeout from everywhere in the area to figure out the places to keep Rory and her roommates fed and happy all term. The episode marked a big change for the future of the series as Rory transitioned to life at her new school and living away from her mom for the first time.
1. Season 1, Episode 1 – “Pilot”
The pilot episode of Gilmore Girls still holds up all these years later. Plus, then you can just start your rewatch from the beginning!
The episode immediately introduces us to the colorful characters and world of Stars Hollow. It gives us a taste of the incredible relationship between Lorelai and Rory, along with the complicated one between Lorelai and Emily. Since Lorelai has to ask her parents for money to pay for Rory’s tuition to Chilton, it also kicks off what will become a tradition — the infamous Friday night dinners.
Bonus Episode: Season 6, Episode 13 – “Friday Night’s Alright for Fighting” is a classic episode containing one of the best scenes of the entire series as the Gilmore girls have one of the craziest Friday night dinners of all time.
Next. 7 Netflix shows canceled way too soon, ranked. dark
For more amazing mother/daughter moments from Gilmore Girls, check out Bustle‘s giant list of great scenes and episodes!
What are your favorite Gilmore Girls episodes to watch on Mother’s Day? What are some of your favorite mother/daughter moments from the show? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
Gilmore Girls and its revival series are currently available to stream on Netflix.